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UNITED STATES PATENT O I E.

CYRUS MASON MOODY, on GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SCHOOL AND BUSINESS TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,537, dated January19, 1886.

Application filed July 30, 1884. Serial No. 139,221.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, CYRUS MASON MOODY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenfield, in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in School andBusiness Tablets, of which the following is a true and fullspecification.

My invention relates to that class of tablets or other means for hastyor offhand writing where generally the tablet or paper is held in thehand, or perhaps laid on a table, or, for business purposes, may be hungup.

In many branches of business it will be found very convenient for takingorders and keeping memoranda, so that theycan be easily preserved andreferred to as desired.

My invention consists of a school or business tablet provided with twolongitudinal sides with grooves and two transverse partitions, formingan intermediate apartment, and a recess on either Side of the same, inwhich are placed rollers for taking up and letting off paper, and asliding bottom to work in grooves aforesaid, all of which will be fullyset forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention and formpart of this specification, Figure l is a perspective View; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a transverse section. I

A A are the two sides of the tablet, wide enough to be the sides of thedrawer E, and receiving at each of their ends the journals of therollers B B. Over thelower one is wound a slip of paper, F, about thewidth of the tablet, (which should be ofany convenient width,) and thepaper may be of any desired length, dependent on its thickness,controlled only by the size of the roll. The paper passes upon the faceof the tablet over the roller B at the upper end, where it is wound up.On the (No model.)

under side of the tablet is made a small drawer, E, the sides of whichare the sides of the tablet, each slotted so as to receive a slidinglid. This drawer is intended to hold pencils, pens, crayons, rubbererasers, or any other article which is needed by pupils at school, ortickets, memoranda, and other things convenient for business use, forwhich purpose a wire staple or other contrivanoe may be used to hang itup.

The operation of the tablet is easily understood. The paper, lightlystuck to the lower roller, is wound upon it to its fullest capacity. v

The loose end is brought over the face of the tablet and stuck upon theupper roller, the ends of the board forming the tablet, which areslightly rounded, to allow the paper to pass smoothly over withoutcreasing, which, as fast as it is used,is wound up on the upper roller.In one end of each roller is secured a projecting knob or plug, 0, soshaped as to be easily grasped by the thumb and finger, enabling one toturn the rollers easily to loosen or wind up the paper. In the oppositeend of each roller is a screw or plug, D, inserted, by which the rollermay be held securely as wanted. A looped wire staple is convenient. Ifit works loose in the wood, it is easily replaced by a larger size at atrifling expense.

I claim- In a school or business tablet, the box composed of twolongitudinal sides provided with grooves,two partitions meeting saidsides at right angles, to form, with the top, an apartment, E, and twoopen recesses at the ends, in combination with rollers B B and aslidingbottom, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CYRUS MASON MOODY.

Witnesses:

JAMES S. GRINNELL, Enw. W. DONN.

